Metro train slices car in half after violent collision in South LA
One person was injured after a train slammed into their car in South Los Angeles on Thursday.
The crash occurred in the 1600 block of East Vernon Avenue at around 3:45 p.m, when a Metro Blue Line train heading through the area slammed into a car, splitting it in half. A woman inside of the vehicle was trapped due to the force of the impact, and firefighters had to extract them from inside before rushing them to a nearby hospital.According to firefighters, a pedestrian was also hurt during the incident. Their injury is considered to be minor.
As crews cleaned up the area and investigated the circumstances surrounding the crash, tracks 1 and 2 of the Metro Blue Line were temporarily shut down.
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